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Hacked health firm HCRG demanded journalist ‘take down’ data breach reporting, citing UK court order
<p>DataBreaches.net declined to comply, citing a lack of jurisdiction.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 6, 20253 min read
Russian crypto exchange Garantex seized by law enforcement operation
<p>An international coalition of law enforcement agencies seized the official website of Garantex, which has previously been sanctioned by the U.S. and E.U. governments.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 6, 20252 min read
Armis buys Otorio for $120M to beef up cybersecurity in physical spaces
<p>More consolidation is playing out in the security industry as platform players scoop up technology to give them deeper expertise in growing business areas. On Thursday, Armis, a $4.2 billion specialist in cyber-exposure management, said it would be acquiring Otorio, a specialist in securing industrial and physical environments. Terms of the deal are not being […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 6, 20253 min read
Crogl, armed with $30M, says it’s built an AI ‘Iron Man suit’ for security analysts
<p>AI agents are marching across the world of IT, and on Thursday a startup called Crogl is debuting its contribution to the field: an autonomous assistant that helps cybersecurity researchers analyze daily network alerts to find and fix security incidents. The assistant — described by Crogl’s CEO and co-founder Monzy Merza as an “Iron Man […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 6, 20254 min read
UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites
<p>The UK is no longer recommending the use of encryption for at-risk groups following its iCloud backdoor demands</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 6, 20252 min read
Catalan court says NSO Group executives can be charged in spyware investigation
<p>The ruling said that a lower court can charge two NSO Group co-founders and a former executive of two affiliate companies for the alleged hacking of a lawyer.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 5, 20251 min read
Former NSA official says federal worker cuts will have ‘devastating impact’ on cyber and national security
<p>Former top U.S. cybersecurity official Rob Joyce told lawmakers on Wednesday that cuts to federal probationary employees will have a “devastating impact” on U.S. national security. Joyce, who was the director of cybersecurity for the National Security Agency until retiring in 2024, was providing testimony to the U.S. House Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 5, 20251 min read
Justice Department charges Chinese hackers-for-hire linked to Treasury breach
<p>The individuals are accused of hacking over 100 U.S. organizations over the course of a decade</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 5, 20253 min read
Broadcom urges VMware customers to patch ‘emergency’ zero-day bugs under active exploitation
<p>Security experts warn of ‘huge impact’ of actively exploited hypervisor flaws that allow sandbox escape</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 5, 20252 min read
CIA director says US has paused sharing intelligence with Ukraine
<p>The confirmation of the pause on intelligence sharing follows a heated exchange between the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents </p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 5, 20252 min read
Apple is challenging UK’s iCloud encryption backdoor order
<p>Apple is challenging a U.K. government data access order in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), the Financial Times reports. The order targeted iCloud backups that are protected by end-to-end encryption. Last month, press leaks revealed the existence of the January order asking Apple to build a backdoor in iCloud’s encrypted backups. U.K. officials are exercising […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 5, 20252 min read
US employee screening giant DISA says hackers accessed data of more than 3M people
<p>The Texas-based company said hackers accessed applicants’ SSNs and financial information</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 25, 20252 min read
DOGE’s HR email is getting the ‘Bee Movie’ spam treatment
<p>Over the weekend, Elon Musk surveyed his followers on X — the platform he spent $44 billion to buy — asking whether federal employees should be required to send his team an email with a list of five things they accomplished this week. With the yes votes totaling over 70%, Musk followed through. Federal employees […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 24, 20253 min read
Three years on, Europe looks to Ukraine for the future of defense tech
<p>Today marks three years since Russia’s illegal, unprovoked, and brutal invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian people have heroically fought the war with grit and determination, but they have also, against the odds, innovated on and off the battlefield. In addition to establishing a defense tech initiative called BRAVE1, the country has also hosted tech conferences like […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 24, 202510 min read
Australia bans government use of Kaspersky software due to ‘unacceptable security risk’
<p>The Australian government followed the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom in taking action against the Russian cybersecurity giant</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 24, 20252 min read
A single default password exposes access to dozens of apartment buildings
<p>An unchanged credential allows anyone to virtually control door locks and elevators at dozens of apartment buildings across North America, a security researcher found. </p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 24, 20253 min read
A huge trove of leaked Black Basta chat logs expose the ransomware gang’s key members and victims
<p>A leaker allegedly published the leaked internal messages after the group allegedly targeted Russian banks</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 21, 20253 min read


Stalkerware apps Cocospy and Spyic are exposing phone data of millions of people
<p>A bug in the Android and iPhone monitoring operations allows anyone to access private data exfiltrated from a victim’s device.</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 20, 20256 min read
California privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers
<p>The California agency said National Public Data failed to register in the state as a data broker.</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 20, 20252 min read
UK healthcare giant HCRG confirms hack after ransomware gang claims theft of sensitive data
<p>The prolific Medusa ransomware group claims to have stolen troves of data from HCRG, including patients’ sensitive health data</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 20, 20252 min read
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